INVESTIGATIONS OF A MIRROR-IMAGE TRANSFER EFFECT IN PIGEONS

INVESTIGATIONS OF A MIRROR-IMAGE TRANSFER EFFECT IN PIGEONS

In two separate experiments, pigeons trained binocularly to peck a key on which an oblique line (e.g., 60 degrees counter-clockwise rotation from horizontal) was projected yielded bi-modal angularity generalization gradients in extinction, with peaks of responding at both the training stimulus and i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior 1966-09, Vol.9 (5), p.567-571
Hauptverfasser: Thomas, David R., Klipec, William, Lyons, Joseph
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Animals
Birds
Discrimination (Psychology)
Extinction, Psychological
Generalization (Psychology)
Generalization, Stimulus
Orientation
Transfer (Psychology)
Visual Perception
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Zusammenfassung:In two separate experiments, pigeons trained binocularly to peck a key on which an oblique line (e.g., 60 degrees counter-clockwise rotation from horizontal) was projected yielded bi-modal angularity generalization gradients in extinction, with peaks of responding at both the training stimulus and its mirror image (in this case 120 degrees ). This mirror-image transfer effect may be analogous to an "octave effect" in auditory generalization, but Mello's finding of a mirror-image reversal transfer effect following monocular training in pigeons suggests an alternative interpretation.
ISSN:0022-5002
1938-3711
DOI:10.1901/jeab.1966.9-567